SPORTS PEOPLE: HOCKEY

SPORTS PEOPLE: HOCKEY; Devils' Stewart Retires

Published: February 27, 1991

Al Stewart, the feisty Devils forward, walked into Lou Lamoriello's office early yesterday morning and told the president of the Devils that he was retiring effective immediately.

The 26-year-old Stewart made the Devils this season, but he has not been a regular, playing in 41 of the team's 64 games.

"I arrived at the point where I don't enjoy playing hockey," Stewart said by telephone from his home in northern New Jersey. "Even when I was playing regularly and I was getting a lot of ice time, I just didn't enjoy playing.